Loss Register
Day or Night of operation | Operation | Target | Nickname Aircraft | |||||
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18/19 Aug 41 | Bombing | Duisburg | ||||||
Factory | Aircraft | Mk | Serial/Wnr. | Code | Unit | Air Force | TO/t | Airfield |
Vickers | Wellington | Ic | N2844 | HA-M | 218 Sqdn | RAF | 2348 | Marham |
Time | Cause of the Crash | Crash Location | Damage | Province |
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0206 | Shot down by Fw. S. Ney of 4./NJG 1 | Crashed into IJsselmeer 15 km n of Medemblik | IJsselmeer |
Function | Mil Rank | Ini | Name | Age | Mil reg | Air Force | Fate | Cemetery | Grave | Remarks |
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Pilot | Sgt. | K.C. | Shearing | 21 | 758034 | RAF | MIA | Runnymede Memorial | 52 | |
Second Pilot | Sgt. | R.G. | Boswell | 21 | 622252 | RAF | KIA | Harlingen | E 1 19 | |
Observer | Sgt. | L.J. | George | 33 | R/69557 | RCAF | MIA | Runnymede Memorial | 61 | |
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner | Sgt. | A.MacG. | Wilson | 31 | AUS400314 | RAAF | KIA | Bergen op Zoom | 34 A 12 | Initially buried Huisduinen PL-18 |
Front Gunner | Sgt. | S.A. | Maguire | 30 | 1378011 | RAF | MIA | Runnymede Memorial | 48 | |
Rear Gunner | P/O. | E.D. | Pockney | 35 | 76925 | RAF | KIA | Lemmer | C 10 258 |
Wartime Records | Background Info |
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Operations Record Book | Chorley, ‘Bomber Command Losses 1941’, page 123; Boiten, ‘Nachtjagd Combat Archive July 1941-May 1942’, page 33; Veer van der, 'Luchtoorlog boven zuidwest Friesland', page 68 |
Version March, 2022